Wheel-holder



H. J, SAUERS.

WHEEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1919.

' Patented Oct. 21,1919.

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WHEEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 20. I919.

Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

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WHEEL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Oet. 21, 1919.

Application filed June 20, 1919. Serial No. 305,635.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that HARRY J. SAUnns, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Greeley, in the county ofWeld and State of Colorado, has invented new and useful Improvements inlVheel-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide new and efficient means forsecuring and holding to the track the car wheel when it is necessary tojack up boxes of the latter for rebrassing. To this end the inventioncomprises an appropriate clamp adapted to be readily attached to thetread of a track rail and thereafter engage with the car wheel 'for thepurpose of firmly securing the latter to the rail tread, whereupon thejournal box may be jacked up for the purpose of refilling with newbrass.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovementioned character which is simple in construction, durable andeffective in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other and further objects appear in the following description whereinthe invention is set forth in detail.

To the exact construction in which it is shown and described theinvention is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make suchchanges or alterations as the ac tual reduction to practice may suggestin so far as such changes or alterations are compatible in spirit withthe annexed claims.

The same numerals of reference designate the same parts throughout theseveral figures of the drz'twing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the practical application of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 andtaken ap' proximately upon the line where the wheel tread engages therail tread.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the holder.

Fig. 4: is a top plan view thereof.

As shown, the invention is employed for holding the wheel 1 down uponthe tread of the rail 2 when the journal box is be ing jacked up for thepurpose of relining. The invention comprises a track engaging element inthe form of a frame consisting of a body portion 3 and legs a disposedat opposite ends of the body portion with respect to which they areturned at right angles, so that the plane of the face of the bodyportion is at right angles to the plane of the faces of the two legs.The two legs toward their free ends are formed with gripping jaws 5designed to grip the tread of the rail 2 and to this end these jaws 5are parallel to the body portion Cooperating with the jaws 5 which maybe considered the passive jaws there is the active aw 6 which isgenerally of the shape of an angle bar, one flange of this jaw ensgaging under the bottom of the tread of the rail 2 and the other flangelying against the under faces of the legs 4-. The active jaw 6 isattached to the two legs 41 'by means of bolts 7 which pass throughslots 8 formed in the legs 4, these slots being formed in the directionof the legs, so that the jaw 6 may be moved in the direction of thelength of these legs to permit its engagement with or its disengagementfrom the tread of the rail.

Carried by that flange of the active jaw (S which is engaged with thelegs 1, there a wheel engaging member which is formed with a U-shapedportion 9 straddling one flange of the jaw 6, this U-shaped portionbeing secured to the fian e by means of appropriate rivets 10.lixtending downwardly from the U-shaped portion, there is an car 11through which there loosely passes one end of a screw 12, the latterbeing formed with a head 13 abutting the ear of one face and havingpassed diametrically through it a cotter 1a which abuts the ear of theopposite face. The screw member 1'12 is threadingly engaged in the bodyportion 3 of the main frameiof the device and carries on that end remotefrom the head 13 a cross handle 15 by which it may be readily turned.Obviously the turning of the handle 15 efiects longitudinal movement ofthe screw 12 through the body memher 5 which, being precluded fromlongitudinal movement with reference to the ear 11, will cause theactive jaw 6 to be drawn back toward the body member 3 and away fromengagement with the rail tread, thus permitting the jaws 5 of the legs 1to be readily disengaged from the rail 2 and the device thus removedfrom connection with the rail.

The U-shaped portion 9 is formed, on top of the flange of the active aw6, with an upstanding portion 16 at the extremity of which there is aninturned ear 17 which,

when the active jaw 6 is in engagement with the rail 2, overhangs the"inner circumference of the rim of the wheel 1, whereupon the screw 18which is threaded through the ear may be set down against the wheel bymeans of its cross handle 19.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the device is attached to a trackwith the legs 4 disposed in front and back. of the wheel tread and withtheir jaws 5 engaging the track tread. The turning of the cross handleto the right will then move the active jaw 6 into engagement with thetrack tread on the opposite side from that which is engaged by the jaws5, this action also moving the wheel clamping element of the device intoa position where its screw 18 may be engaged with the wheel, as clearlyshown in the drawings. The wheel, so long as the device is thusattached, is retained on the track, despite the jacking up of thejournal box and the latter therefore may be raised for rebrassingwithout the difliculty of having the wheel rise with it. hen therebrassing or relining is completed the box may be again seated upon thejournal and the device removed from attachment, with the wheel and withthe track.

The invention having been described, what is claimed a new and usefulis:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a frame formed with a bodyportion and a pair of spaced legs connected with the body portion, thelegs being formed with passive jaws on their free ends, an active jawcarried by the frame and slidably connected with the two legs, a screwoperatively connected with the active jaw and threadingly engaged withthe body portion of the frame to effect the movement of the active jawinto and out of engagement with. a track tread when the passive jawsengage the latter, and a wheel clamping element carried by the activejaw.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a frame formed with a bodyportion and a pair of spaced legs at opposite ends, the legs beingformed with slots in the direction of the length thereof and withpassive track tread engaging jaws at their free ends, an active tracktread engaging jaw, bolt mounted in the said active jaw and slidablyengaging the slots in the legs of said frame, a screw threadinglyengaged with the body portion of the frame and operatively connectedwith the active jaw that as the screw is turned the active jaw may bemoved toward or away from the passive aws, and a wheel clamping elementcarried by the active jaw.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a frame formed with a bodyportion and a pair of spaced legs each of which is formed with a passivetrack tread jaw operatively connected with the frame, means for movingthe active jaw toward and away from the passive jaws to connect theframe or disconnect the frame from the track tread, a wheel clampingelement carried by the active jaw and formed with an ear, whichoverhangs the inner periphery of a wheel rim when the active and passivejaws are engaged with a track tread in front and in back of a wheel, anda screw passing through said ear for clamping engagement upon the wheelas and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

HARRY J. SAUERS.

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